A year... ...in a post

 Wow, we have been busy.  Just not busy posting. so here's a minimal text update (its looong...)

Starting with gaming

Mini-Me and homies have taken up DnD

GZG ECC was Star Wars, these are all 18mm 3d prints (Wakesemporium)

Sith, Ventress is a mild convert

Jedi

Clones

more clones, a convert Jedi on ATRT

Command Droids, including a command head so we can play the Lego Star wars mission capture the head mission (the boys asked for this one immediately when they saw the command droids)

STAPs

B1s

B2s

mini-spiders

Droideka

Vehicles a mix of Revell kits, Micromachines and opportunistic shopping at Target

We did a LOT of scouting stuff

Camping, mini-me discovered the axe

and really likes it.

More Scouting, we took another crew up to Maine High Adventure Base

There is no road, you enter/exit via a boat

The crew decided to paddle the upper Allagash wilderness waterway (from Churchill dam to the top)

Some of this (Allagash falls)

And much of this, pristine weather and awesome days of adventure.  It was a great trip (both mini-Mes went)

One of my favourite pics, Mini-Me Minor poling on our final stretch up the Allagash.

And a bonus, Mini-Me Major and I paddled the lower Allagash a couple of years ago.  This trip meant that we have now completed the whole length of the Allagash.  We were quite pleased with ourselves...

Other trips/stuff we did

Mardi Gras was great as usual (Mrs OA is from Nola, so it a combo Mardi Gras and family trip)

Skiing the frigid NE area

New MTB toy

New Commuter toy (I do about 100mi per week commuting)

Trip back to England, visit Grandma and some cool spots

A bit of a country garden

Mini-Me Major is thinking of college, this is Manchester

and of course it rains.

And back to gaming, this was a banner year

Mini-Me Minor got his grades up and came with me to play soldiers at the GZG ECC !  

Woot!, stick a fork in me I'm done.